Thad Vogler plots Obispo, a Mission rum bar

Thad Vogler (Bar Agricole and Trou Normand) will take his expertise in the realm of cocktails and apply it in the evolving 24th Street corridor in Mission with his latest project: Obispo, a rum bar named after the street in Havana where he lived in in 2003.

Vogler said Obispo’s address is 3270 24th Street, between Mission and Capp, and the targeted opening date is May 1.

While some of the more specific details are still up in the air, he did say the bar will have a simple menu with items like beans, rice, grilled chicken, greens and macaroni salad. Vogler said he recently secured the Type-47 liquor license needed to open the shop.

“The staff will speak Spanish and the bar will pay respect to rum as a product of the African diaspora that is spread throughout the Caribbean,” he said.

The news is just another moment in what has been an eventful end of the year for Vogler. In the last month alone, he replaced his executive chef at Bar Agricole and launched an expansion of the location’s charcuterie operations — a move that could one day lead to the meats being sold at retail.